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Show Utah Gnard Over Half Authorized Strength According to figures issued by the war department the Utah Nation; 1 Guard lias been rccruilcd to more ihin half the authorized strength, tho enlisted en-listed strength being 358 men out of 1 713. In Idaho the authorized strength 1" 380 and the enlistments number eighty-three, while in Wyoming, with an authorized strength of 5G0, the enlistments en-listments number ninety-two. The Utah guard now has three troops of cavalry and a battery of artillery ar-tillery in the federal service. In addition, addi-tion, another troop of cavatry underwent under-went federal inspection last nignt a: Brlgham City, Captain W. W. Gordon. inspector-Instructor of cavalry for Utah and Idaho, being in charge of the inspection. If this troop is accepted, accept-ed, Utah will have completed its squadron of cavalry. Two more batteries bat-teries are to be added to complete the authorized force under tho plan of the war department. oo |